So recently Mausi had a guess the first lines of the first ten songs that came up on her Ipod post. I didn’t manage to guess any, but I thought it was a really cool idea, so I’m going to do it too. I actually thought of doing random lines from my movie collection, but that’s much more effort than just going to my music library and hitting shuffle. So here goes (and no googling allowed):
Update: Times up! The answers are below, and I’ll blog about my weekend soon (hopefully I’ll have some time tomorrow).
(1) My DJ’s got the cuts and the beats are on…
Beastie Boys, “The Negotiation Limerick File”
(2) All veils and misty streets of blue…
INXS, “Mystify”
(3) Never 21 when everyone’s a sailor…
Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Animal Bar”
(4) What the f*** is this world running to? You didn’t…
Pearl Jam, “Porch”
(5) Color me any color, speak to me in tongues and share…
Collective Soul, “Gel”
(6) September ’75 I was 47 inches high…
Ben Fold’s Five, “One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces”
(7) Is it any wonder that I shine when I’m around you?
Fighting Gravity, “Bend the Light” - a local Virginia ska band, they rock, check them out!
(8) I took her out, it was a Friday night…
Blink-182, “What’s My Age Again?”
(9) And so it is, just like you said it would be…
Damien Rice, “Blower’s Daughter”
(10) Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand…
Stevie Wonder, “Sir Duke”
Eh! Why stop there? Here’s another ten for your guessing enjoyment:
(11) My name is Cupid Valentino, the modern day Cupid…
Vicky correctly guessed Outkast, “Happy Valentine’s Day”
(12) It took so long to remember just what happened…
Tool, “Prison Sex”
(13) Girl it’s only you, have it your way, and if you want you can decide…
D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does it Feel?)”
(14) Don’t say one thing one day, then something else the next day…
Everything But The Girl, “Troubled Mind”
(15) There’s a man going round taking names, and he decides who to free and who to blame…
Rita correctly guessed Johnny Cash, “The Man Comes Around”
(16) Here we are, still together, we are one…
Lenny Kravitz, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over”
(17) I’m stuck in my apartment on Eleventh Street, I push the pen around…
Lisa Loeb, “Single Me Out”
(18) Lime green, lime green and tangerine, the sickly sweet colors of the snakes I’m seeing…
The Cure, “Wrong Number”
(19) You never miss a good thing till it leaves you…
Usher, “Throwback”
(20) You’re a bad little girl, it’s true, but I’m not gonna walk out on you…
Solomon Burke, “You’re Good For Me”
BTW: these are the first sung lines, I skipped over any spoken intros to the songs. And (7) may be difficult, but those of you who went to college in Virginia around the same time as me should have a good chance at it *hint hint* (and there’s at least three of you)!
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15) ohnny cash — the man comes around
didn’t use google, but then again, it’s also the only lyric i know from this list.
@rita: You are correct!
#15 is Johnny Cash, “The Man Comes Around” from American IV.
Hmm… I only know one so far. #11 is an Outkast song…. something like “Happy Valentine’s Day “I think.
I score a grand total of 0/20. Is there a loser’s prize?
Hey Christina! it was really nice to have met you and Rainer on Saturday. I hope you guys had fun
Darn, I can’t guess any of them!
It was so nice to meet you guys on the weekend. Hope you didn’t get too wet on the way back.
@vicky: You are correct!
@bib: I’ll have to think up something appropriate for you
@belinda: great meeting you too – and we did have a lot of fun.
@christina: it’s hard guessing without the music. And we managed to stay fairly dry!
Glad you’ve made it home safely. Great to meet you and Husband. Looking forward to next year.
i don’t know *any* of these other songs! so, either i am not as thick as i thought i was, or incredibly ignorant.
ps. i posted some screen shots from a certain movie trailer…
@rita: don’t worry, I think I wouldn’t have gotten them all and it’s my music collection. And I saw the screen shots. I’m looking very forward to this summer!